Locking device for car-seats.



No. 714,979. Patent d Dec. 2, I902.

- M. WEBER.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR GAR SEATS.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ WEBER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO ST. LOUIS CAR COMPANY,OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

LOCKING DEVICE FOR CAR-SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,979, dated December2, 1902.

Application filed January 24,1902. Serial No. 91,027. (No model.)

To etZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ WEBER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Looking Devices forCar-Seats, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

My invention relates to a device whereby the backs of that class ofseats known as Walk-over car-seats may be held from movement while inuse.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a perspective view of my retaining-catch. Fig. II is an endview of a car-seat partly broken out and showing my retaining-catchesapplied thereto.

1 designates the end frames of a car-seat, on which the seat 2 ismovably supported, so as to be capable of a rocking motion.

3 is the seat-back, swingingly connected to the end frames by links 4 ateach end of the seat and also swingingly united to the seat 2 byswinging bars 5 at each end of the seat, by which movement is impartedto the seat 2 in any common manner.

No invention, per se, is claimed for the parts thusfar described andtheir construction may be varied in so far as my improvement isconcerned.

Fixed to the links land extending from one link to the other is across-bar 6.

7 designates retaining catches provided with fork-arms 8, by which saidcatches are pivotally mounted on the end frames 1 of the car-seat. Thesecatches 7 extend inwardly above the end frames and are provided at theirinner ends with hooks 9,that are adapted to engage the cross-bar 6 whenthe seat-back- 3 is moved to either side of the car-seat for the purposeof holding the links 4 and the seat-backs to which said links areattached, as seen in Fig. II. The catches 7 are provided with heels 9,adapted to serve as fingerpieces to be grasped by a persons hand for thepurpose of elevating the hooks of the catches from engagement with thecross-bar 6 when it is desired to shift the seat-back to the oppositeside from that at which it was previously located. When the seat-back ismoved to either of the catches, the hook of the catch rides over thecross-bar and falls automatically into engagement therewith afterpassing it, as will be readily understood, so that the parts of the seatwill be held firmly as long as the catch remains in engagement with thecross-bar.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with a car-seat comprisingend frames, a shiftable seat, a movable back, and links by which saidback is connected to said end frames; of a cross-bar attached to saidlinks, and a retaining-catch mounted on one of said end frames andadapted to engage said cross-bar to hold said seatback from movement,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a car-seat comprising end frames, a shiftableseat, a movable back, and links by which said back is connected to saidend frames; of a cross-bar fixed to said links, and catches pivotallymounted on one of said end frames, said catches being provided withhooks adapted to engage said cross-bar, and heels by which said catchesmay be moved to free said hooks from engagement with said cross-bar,substantially as described.

MORITZ WEBER.

In presence of- H. S. VoGEL, M. H. MURPHY.

